Media Digest 3/19/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

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According to Reuters, the Fed cut rates .75%.

Reuters writes that Visa raised $17.9 billion in its IPO.

Reuters writes that New York City will probe whether Bear Streans (BSC) misled investors.

Reuters writes that Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) have won relief from stringent capital rules and so can pump about $200 billion into a shaky mortgage market.

The Wall Street Journal writes that a run-up in the stock of Bear Stearns has set up a clash with JP Morgan (JPM) about whether it should have to pay more for the firm.

The Wall Street Journal writes that firms are reluctant to borrow from the Fed’s new facility because of concerns that it may make them like they have weak balance sheets.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Delta (DAL) plans to cut routes and employees.

The Wall Street Journal writes that Exxon (XOM) suffered a set-back when a judge reversed a decision that it could freeze some assets from the Venezuela state oil company.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Adobe (ADBE) is working on a media player for the Apple (AAPL) iPhone.

The Wall Street Journal writes that the size of the new Airbus 330 gives it an edge over Boeing (BA) in the dispute over who will get an Air Force tanker contract.

The New York Times reports that Intel (INTC) and Microsoft (MSFT) are creating a research budget to design a new generation of computing systems.

The FT says Apple (AAPL) may launch a free iTunes program.

Bloomberg says that Sony Ericsson believes lower mobile phone sales will hit its profits.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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